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  <h1>Searching for files</h1>
  <p>The <b>Go To &gt; Resource</b> action in the <b>Navigate</b> menu allows you to quickly find a resource in the
  Workbench by searching resource <i>names</i>.</p>
  <p>You can also do more complex searches for files in the Workbench. For example, to find all files that end with
  .xml:</p>
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    <li>On the main toolbar, click the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.search.ui.openSearchDialog")'><img src=
    "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Search</b></a> button <img src=
    "../images/search.svg" alt="Search icon" border="0">.</li>
    <li>Go to <b>File Search</b> tab.</li>
    <li>Type <code>*.xml</code> into the <b>File name patterns</b> field and leave the <b>Containing text</b> field
    empty.<br>
    (You can use the pull-down list to select <code>*.xml</code> if it had been previously entered.)</li>
    <li>Finish entering your search options, for example to scope the search to specified working sets, and click
    <b>Search</b>.</li>
    <li>The Search view displays the results of your search. Right-click on any item in the Search view to open a
    pop-up menu that allows you to remove items from the list, copy search results to the clipboard, or rerun the
    search. To open one of the listed files, double-click it or select <b>Open</b> from its pop-up menu.</li>
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  <p>If you close the Search view, you can return to it later by selecting <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.search.ui.views.SearchView)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window &gt; Show View &gt; Other...
  &gt; General &gt; Search</b></a>.</p>
  <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/csearchview.htm">Search view</a><br>
  <a href="../concepts/cworkset.htm"><br>
  Working sets</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-84.htm">Searching for text within a file</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="../reference/ref-26.htm">Search view</a><br>
  <a href="../reference/ref-45.htm">File search</a>
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